SesshomaruXOC story (what else? . ) Borrowed elements from elder scrolls Skyrim involved. A mix of my favorite things. I'm bad at summaries, but I hope you like it!

One moment Kii is living out her every day normal, modern life. The next, she is in the fuedal era, emotionally and physically connected to Lord Sesshomaru through a misplaced spell. This is a realistic story about what it would be like to be transported to and live in the feudal era, forced to travel with Sesshomaru. OCxSesshomaru

Sex doesn't alarm him, but how would he know? Sherlock takes offence at being called The Virgin. A series of encounters—sexual and not—between Sherlock and a prostitute. Sherlock loses his virginity, but finds something else. Starts post S2E1. Adheres to canon events. Missing scenes and in-betweens. S4 NOW COMPLETE! *BONUS CHAPTER!

Picking up the pieces after being separated for three years isn't as easy as it may seem. A quiet, burning kind of chaos sweeps through Feudal Japan, and it's going to take a lot more than a fairy tale ending to put things back together. They defeated a man who would become the Devil. Can they survive a man who would become a God?

Their bond was formed on a great journey... and in the small moments along the way. A manga-flavored serial. Part 54 - a peaceful interlude.

There's nothing quite like being being kicked a few centuries back in time to really put the damper on an already long week. Add a family curse, and, well, you've pretty much got a sitcom. [SxOC]

*Under Revision* After a young Sesshoumaru takes notice of her curious fire, a castle servant fights for her honor, power, and the right to decide her own fate. Under Sesshoumaru's command, what she discovers and how it shapes them will set the tone for both their lives; for good and for ill. Sessh/OC, other OCs, Pre-Inuyasha, Drama, Sentimental

Lady Izayoi's untimely death leaves the Inu no Taisho alone with a broken heart and an angry five-year-old son. That's when the general stumbles upon an old love, slowly reawakening feelings he thought were dead and buried.

People often do not appreciate what they have, and Sesshomaru is no different - when his beast picks a human as their mate, he rejects her for being human. However, his beast compels him to be near her, and so he extracts her from her pack and takes her along on his journey. Lillia, an educated, modern-day woman, is not at all happy with their situation, but what can she do?

Rated M for language. Sango is tasked with taking a basket of food to Inuyasha on the night he turns human and finds herself in a situation she could have never imagined.

Fuko, a full-blooded inu youkai of mysterious origins, encounters the great Lord Sesshomaru while searching for clues to her lineage. He decides to claim her as his mate, but how will that be possible when she doesn't know the meaning of the word—and when she doesn't like him all that much to boot? Sesshomaru/OC

Out of boredom, Kagome rudely begins to meddle in Sesshoumaru's personal life. She never intended to get caught up in one of his crazy quests. Friendship Fic. Canon, Post-Series. COMPLETE.

Rin isn't sure what to make of this new strange, kind, yet deadly woman. Lord Sesshomaru isn't quite sure either, but there is a hidden power that not even Naraku is overlooking. Does she continue to appear to cause harm, or is she trying to help? With so many players in the game it's difficult at times to tell who is an enemy and who is an ally. SessxOC, NaraxOC

"Kagome Kagome, the bird is in the basket. When, oh when will it come out? In the night of dawn. The crane and the turtle slipped. Who is behind you now?" Who is behind me now? Sesshomaru/OC

Upon returning to Kaede's, the inutachi are beyond exhaustion. Shippou pleads with Kaede to do something. What can an old miko do but send them on vacation?

Take one up-to-no-good dog demoness, one irate demon lord, and throw in a bemused inutachi for good measure. It all adds up to a mass of trouble for everyone but the dog demoness. For her, it's just fun and games.

Everything was peaceful after the defeat of Naraku. But after five years, Kagura found herself alive again, much more powerful than she was before. Is her resurrection a blessing, or the beginning of a series of chaos? Sess/Kagu

This is a strange story, I wrote it completely before posting, but like most of my stories it suddenly grew. Originally it had five chapters but now I keep adding in between them. It does have an ending I promise.

[Sesshomaru x OC] Beauty and the Beast, with a fluffy twist. When the past and the present collide in feudal Japan, how will Sesshomaru deal with the mortal woman Rin just won't leave behind? NOTE TO PAST AND LOYAL FANS: Edited, updated, and I swear it shall be completed within the year.

Short stories. 56, "Out in the Cold": Sango loved her family more than life, but more and more often lately it felt like there wasn't room for her in her own bed. (Originally written for MiroSanta 2015.)

AU Making it through music school as a pianist is tough, especially when your practice sessions are constantly drowned out by the masterful sounds of 'The Flipping Piano God' himself.

In a time that's not always stable, you can always count on your family and friends to be there for you. A series of one-shots focused on the the family-like ties between the show's characters.

"Did anyone ever tell you that you'd make a pretty woman?" Once those words left her mouth, I knew I either wanted to tear her to pieces and spread them to all four corners of the land or laugh. I decided on silence least she say anything else rude. (What is Sesshomaru to do when a smart-mouthed woman in the form of the last twin tailed wolf alive suddenly appears in his life?)

ONESHOT - "Mrs. Higurashi." Inuyasha spoke softly. The elder woman turned around to face him, her expression one of obvious shock. "Oh, Inuyasha, what are you doing here?" she asked, trying to hide the sobs she held. "Kagome just left to go back to your world." "I know"

500 years, 1996, and while Kagome is beginning her quest for the Shikon no Tama with her friends, Inuyasha and the others are awakening to their past lives with a mission: protect Kagome and the Shikon no Tama in the modern world from youkai who would seek it. Under no circumstances must Kagome or Inuyasha know they exist, leading to some awkwardness courtesy of old friends.

One shot high school AU. Kagome notices that Inuyasha never brings a lunchbox, so she decides to start packing one for him everyday. They begin to bond over their shared lunches, and slowly Inuyasha realizes that he's falling for the kind girl who not only started packing lunch for a stranger, but offered him a place to stay when his brother kicked him out. (Inuvember 2015 Day 8)

It's been a year since her return to Inuyasha, and Kagome hasn't tried the well since. It may still be open, but... does she have the courage to find out for certain?

A collection of short stories giving a deeper insight the Inuyasha characters ranging from childhood to the future. Mainly centers on Inuyasha and Kagome, but will involve the entire cast.

Naraku is dead. The jewel is restored. Facing the 'truth' of InuYasha's feelings, Kagome does the unthinkable. In a final act of love, Kikyou gives InuYasha one chance to fix what went so wrong. But is he too late? Completed

The reincarnated soul of Kagura finds herself in an eerily similar position to that of her previous life, desperately trying to find freedom from a crime clan in modern day Japan. Is history doomed to repeat itself as it does or will it go astray at the help of a young man and his family? Rated M for serious content discussion that may be disturbing to some readers.

What happens when the well is closed? When Kagome and Inuyasha are permanently separated by five hundred years? How do they cope? How do they move on? [Set during the three years that Kagome and Inuyasha were separated during The Final Act. Inspired by the song "Come Home" by OneRepublic. This will eventually fall right back into the anime when the well reopens.] [Completed]

This is how a heart beats. Breaks.

Life in the Feudal Era has always been dark, dirty, and full of death. But one small village near an old, dry well is making changes and breaking all the rules, and it's making all the difference for the happy villagers living there. Post-canon.

Rin gives Sesshōmaru an odd sense of time with the way she rapidly grows per visit. As years pass the more it feels as if he doesn't know her as well as when she was a child. Still a strange one, she now exhibit strange symptoms and merely states, 'females are weird' to the worried daiyōkai. Children are abundant in the old gang, Inuyasha's is newest, and Rin may be next in line

Kagome often tells Shippo bedtime stories but it soon becomes depressingly obvious that the fairy tales are pretty similar to the lives of her friends. Can they ever have their own happy endings?

Shiko Higure, dedicated otaku, had an accident and woke up in the world of InuYasha. How can she get home? Is getting home even possible? Or does the plot need her more? And how can she make sure not to reveal the biggest secret of them all, the ending of the story? SessXOC. DISCONTINUED. UP FOR ADOPTION

Post-series. The group gets back together for a good old-fashioned youkai hunt, during which everyone learns a thing or two about what it means to be grateful. Well, except Inuyasha. He just spends lots of time with his sword.

They had been so excited, had spent so much time preparing, all for the object of their joy and attention to greet the world in death. But as they grieve over their own first born son, they've forgotten about another. Post-canon

She had always thought she was a human, a normal girl with normal problems. However, a trip through the bone-eater's well proves otherwise. Sesshomaru/OC. Changed to M

Natsumi dreams of another woman's past, a woman who desperately wants to reunite with the man she loves, even if Natsumi has to suffer in the end. Reincarnation fic, serialization. Original character, Sesshoumaru x Kagura.

(bordering on crack) Sesshoumaru has tea, er, sake, with his mother.

Even fearless little girls who have been brought back from the dead have trouble sleeping sometimes. A one shot in which Jaken begrudgingly takes on the role of bedtime story teller and entertains uncomfortable questions from a curious little girl about everyone's favorite demon lord.

Two geniuses walk into a bar . . . Sounds like the setup of a bad joke. But what happens when Spencer Reid and Sherlock Holmes meet for the first time?

Lillia suddenly finds herself thrust into medieval Japan, and runs into the great Inu no Taishou. After realising she has travelled through time, he offers to help her find a way back home. However, his mate sees her as a rival, and his son thinks of humans as weak. Lillia can't go home, and when Sesshomaru attempts to dominate her, things start to go out of control...

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." - Robert Brault...A series of drabbles featuring little moments and realizations in the lives of various characters from Inuyasha.

Of all the things in the world, Naraku never expected the Shikon to have such a twisted sense of humor.

Amy would rather ignore her dad's side of the family, ignore her last name and pretty much anything that hints at the fact that she's "different". But that doesn't stop her dad from sending her off to Tokyo for the summer to live with her aunt. She didn't expect to go centuries back in time or fall in "like" with a certain demon. OC/Sessh, a different kind of self insert, Ch.4 up!

Southeast China: the dominion of the brazen maltese tigress. Ousted from her home by some upstart human priest and his mirror, the weakened demoness must flee to Japan; with no friends or allies and dogged by bad luck, she must survive this land she barely remembers... and the taiyoukai she thought was left in her past. Part 1/3 of Acid and Ember trilogy. COMPLETE!

This starts five years after Kagome returns to Feudal Japan to be with Inuyasha. Kagura returns and with her a chain of events. A spider demon venom epidemic has been spreading through the Eastern lands now it has reached the Western lands. Inuyasha and his gang are thrown into the mix of things again to bring peace back to the Feudal era.

After Naraku is defeated for once and for all, Sesshomaru keeps travelling. But he finds the small island of Japan too small to satisfy his curiosity. So he and his loyal, annoying servant Jaken set off to find greater challenges on the other side of the sea. What will they encounter outside the safety of home?

The story of how Jaken first met Sesshoumaru and the events that molded them into who they became. Jaken/Sesshoumaru, Lord and servant relationship, not a BL story. This is not a romantic pairing. Won 1st place best in-character: Jaken from FA March '11

With as handsome as Sesshōmaru was, others tended to forget he identified as asexual.

Sesshōmaru's mother muses about what Rin means to her son.

Rin deals with stupidity in the village. Sesshōmaru was her father!

Stories about Jaken. Don't own it. Don't profit from it.

Bits and pieces looking at Inuyasha's early life, after he was orphaned. #7: Young Inuyasha has an accident...

Who is Kaede, and what happened to her after her sister Kikyo died? A series of pieces, based on LiveJournal prompts. #29: Kaede & Suriya discuss medicine.

Kagura Kaze is a single mother to an seven month old daughter and also happens to be the kindergarten teacher of a very special five year old, Rin Taisho. When Kagura meets Rin's adoptive father, Sesshomaru, there is an instant attraction that neither of them can deny. What happens when both are set up on a blind date with each other? Will love bloom for these two parents?

A collection of unrelated one-shots with "What if?" scenarios and plot holes. From the anime/manga or from this author's own stories.

After landing her dream job, Kagura returns home and wake up next to a stranger who turned out be someone bigger than just a one night stand, soon she finds herself in love and torn between right and wrong. Please R&R!

Sesshoumaru doesn't value beauty. YAOI.

Sometimes it's belated realizations that hurt the most, but the sorrow is sweet.

Many years ago, Kagura died without getting the freedom that she wanted. What if she was given another chance at a new life?

After helping a strange Youkai, Sesshomaru finds that she feels in debt to him. She decides to follow his group until she can repay him. Sess/OC story. *Continued

Once again, the evils of school wreaks havok with poor Inuyasha. A series of stand alone chapters. Assignment 29: "They want to catch her in a lie so they can punish her!" His fists thumped against the branch he was sitting on, raining leaves upon them. "I ain't gonna let that happen!"

It followed him. The scent of the sun, of warmth, of rain and petrichor, of flowers and forests, of ice and cold. The scent of the wind. It invaded his senses, clouded his judgement, toyed with him, made him want. But the strange thing was, he liked it. DISCONTINUED

A series of vignettes and drabbles written for LiveJournal. #62: The Prank - Shippo executes a semi-successful prank on Inuyasha ... or does he?

Title is self-explanatory. My intake on their relationship during the series. Set in fedual era during the latter battles against Naraku. Please R&R. Good or bad, let me know.

A story told in 100 word bits and pieces. Kagura never imagined seeing Sesshoumaru again, let alone working for him. However, time does change people and by once again meeting, each may benefit from the surprise encounter.

Having stumbled upon the massacre of her village, one girl sets out to kill the man she holds responsible for the event, Sesshomaru. But, in her new environment, will she instead not find revenge, but something she had always needed? AU

Sherlock's drug use finally goes too far for Mycroft and he forces his little brother to spend some time with Spencer. Spencer's not exactly thrilled to deal with a detoxing and bored Sherlock, but insists that Sherlock find a reasonable -legal- distraction for his mind. T for drug references and swearing. Oneshot. Ties in with other fics but can be read alone.

Sherlock Holmes has got to be the worst little brother ever. At least, that's what Mycroft believes. But annoying as he may be, there are things you just don't do in front of Mycroft. Like bully his little brother and his brother's only friend, Spencer. Kid!Reid Kid!Sherlock. Ties in with other fics, but can be read alone.

How do you punish a creature as self possesed and powerful as the Lord of the Western Lands? Make him into what he hates most of all.

Sherlock makes an unexpected trip to Quantico and, against Reid's requests, decides to visit him at work. He goes a bit too far with one of his deductions and perhaps not far enough with another. Ties in with "An Even Match" and "Interesting Friends"

John didn't even know Sherlock had childhood friends, let alone a childhood friend as smart as he is. Is it even possible for two geniuses to exist in the same world? Apparently so. Ties in with my oneshot "An Even Match" but can be read alone.

When she finally woke up again... There was nothing or no one who could stop them, it was just the question of their hearts. Love and serenity don't come easily, and don't stay easily either. The second chance was all for them to decide.

In the summer of 1987 two young geniuses meet in a Las Vegas park and discover that maybe they aren't quite as alone in the world as they thought. Sherlock/Reid friendship. Kid!Sherlock Kid!Reid

A power is granted unexpectedly. Again. Whatever happens, it might be something even the great Demon lord cannot handle. A woman with a weapon is never something any man would want to deal with.

AU Kagura's father killed her step-mother. Sesshoumaru's father privileged his step-brother. Now she's free to take care of her family and he's desperate to take care of himself: can they do it? Well they're damned-well gonna try. Discontinued.

Sequel to Restoring the Wind. He left because of her, and everything spiralled out of control because of that. What does it take to be the wife of a Demon Lord, and what does it mean to husband the wind? Discontinued.

AU What would you do if a mysterious woman knocked on your door on Valentine's Day? Falling in love with her was defenitely not in his plan. Sessh/Kagura and slight IY/Kagome and Miroku/Sango. Rated M for citrus and language.

He did not know who she was at first. When he finds out, will his feelings for her change? Will one minor detail such as a surname derail a love that was possibly meant to be?

The story of Rin, her one love, and Sesshomaru's determination to make it otherwise. Final chapter: "Fin."

Teenage Rin is an unparalleled nightmare. Enter Kagura: the epitome of ladylike perfection? Sesshomaru thinks not.

Her absence did not disturb him because she was dead, and he did not seek her out because he was lonely. He went because she belonged to him, and someone had taken her away. SesshoumaruxKagura, Post-Naraku. Sequel is up! Check profile!

Time. Time is a fickle thing. When Kagome passed through the Bone Eater's Well she changed time. An entire world of people gone in a flash. But time can be a fickle thing, and sometimes things can change as they go. Begins with the end of Kagura.

Sometimes it's liberating to be able to speak to someone without having to explain his every thought process.

Sesshomaru made an exception when allowing himself to care for a human child, but could he do the same for this wandering hanyou? Sesshomaru x OC

Series of 26 drabbles focusing on the different Inuyasha characters. Each drabble will be exactly 100 words, inspired by a word starting with a different letter of the alphabet. Some are funny, some touching, and some sad.

Holloween special, AU. Kagome should know beter than to touch things in museums. It never brings anything but trouble.

Kagome's guilty pleasure is reading romance novels. As it turns out, so is Miroku's.

Kagura is almost forced into mating with a demon, and guess who comes to her rescue? You guess it: Sesshomaru. But what happens when he asks her for something as repayment? Will she accept? S-M-U-T!

Stories from prompts about the relationship of Inuyasha and Kaede. A Post Manga story with flashbacks and memories.

Sesshomaru's new servant is quite unusual. Can she be the one to teach him how to love?

Sesshoumaru becomes a victim to wind harassment, and his group can only sit and watch in utter confusion. my first Sess/Kagura story. one-shot.

My collection of Inuyasha drabbles. All genres; multi-pairings. New drabbles!

Sesshomaru discovers he has one fear in the world and it has just arrived on the Western coast. Our tale comes to a close with one more "Feudal Fairytale." Ch 30 up.

A Valentine's Day gift fic at the behest of a friend who suggested it star Kaede and Totosai. Sometimes it was a good thing to be a plaything of the gods.

Sesshomaru wanted to be stronger. Sometimes the Taiyoukai doesn't know what hes getting himself into. Enter mating curses and the Inu-gang and Sesshomaru has one big headache.

He didn’t consider for a moment that he wouldn’t get his way. He was…such a brat. Perhaps that’s why he was a child in Kagura’s mind. One shot.

Just when they thought their adventures with the magic tree house were over, Jack and Annie are set on a new quest...to Inuyasha's era! Technically a crossover, but who can resist this odd combo of a beloved children's series and shonen manga. CH 10 up!

Mostly one shot Queenfics, AU and canon - verse about the cast of Inuyasha. Mostly Sesshoumaru/Kagura, but any pairing can be done.

Kagura is to marry Naraku but then war threatens and Naraku runs, leaving her to get captured by enemy forces. She expects her freedom, now that she's out of Naraku's grasp. But what Kagura doesn't expect is to fall in love with her captor. Kagu/Sess

Everyone knows that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru don't get along, but what would happen if the judgmental Sesshomaru got a taste of his own medicine? Well, that just might happen when a tragic turn of events turns Sesshomaru into a mere human being.

-"The wind picked up and whipped lightly at his hair. He gritted his teeth against the rush of emotion. Why must she haunt him so?" What if Sesshoumaru and Kagura were given another chance? Fairly canon post-manga story. Probably OOC. Sry.

Miroku wants to do something special for Sango; Kagome is only too happy to oblige. There's nothing quite like a little bit of awkwardness...

During an attempt to run from Naraku, Kagura rams her car into a Mercedes Benz. Unbeknown to her, this one accident sparks events with the very man whose car she wrecked. KaguXSessh very IC as much as I can get so the lovey stuff will come slowly.

Kagura/Sesshoumaru Retelling of The Little Mermaid, written for Livejournal community iyhedonism for the prompt Fairy Tale Refit.

One quest over, the pack sets off to make sure the peace will last. But the well mysteriously closes, and the fight moves to the future. Emotions run wild as two worlds merge; the pack must overcome their issues to become more powerful than ever. COMPLETE

Quasi romantic Sesshomaru/Kagura. The last and final chapter in this series. Post manga, Sesshomaru has to find one last thing before he can let go of Kagura: his own freedom. Ch 20 "Vindicated." Rated T for some language.

Souta's editor keeps rejecting his story, but when he confronts her, he learns her interest in the story is much like his own. Genfic. Oneshot.

Sesshoumaru's father drops the bombshell concerning the new family member. Life is about to become much more perilous in the Western Lands, but neither Sesshoumaru nor his father have any idea what lies in store.

Ever since the Bone Eater's Well closed, Shippou has been watching. No one else seems to notice that Inuyasha is far from okay. Something has to change, but all Shippou can really do is pray for a miracle.

A series of short drabbles exploring the relationships and situations the Inu no Tachi find themselves in. Poignant, funny and romantic. Lots of Inu, Kagome as well as Miroku and Sesshoumaru featured. Written for various drabble contests on LiveJournal or

He doesn't know it's a dog thing

"They had all tried it." The Bone-Eater's Well proves to be too tempting for anyone to ignore. A series of nine oneshots of varying lengths.

Just a collection of drabbles, like da title says. Rated it an R just because I KNOW I'll write a naughty drabble sooner or later.

Move over, Inuyasha. Perpetual sidekick JAKEN takes center stage in this collection of 30 short stories. All genres. Ch 30: Father's Memento: How Sesshomaru acquired Tenseiga and another seemingly useless memento named Jaken. COMPLETE.

The boy is in the tree again. Kagome's school principal has a close encounter of the hanyou kind.

"This is, of course, quite impossible," Sesshoumaru stated with calm authority. The gang has extremely unexpected help in the final battle. Sesshoumaru is in for the surprise of a lifetime. Manga compliant up to chapter 536. Kagura?

Traveling with Lord Sesshomaru, Rin learned everything she needed to know and more. Cute little moments captured in a hundred words. Drabbles on the fatherdaughter relationship that is Rin and Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru was certain there was one more immune to Tenseiga's restoration properties, but who? One of the few Jaken fics.

Rin, Jaken, and Kohaku can do plenty whether or not Sesshomaru's watching. Question is, what does he do when they aren't? Little warm Christmas short.

Why girls are the more complicated sex. Sango, Kagome, and their friendship.

Sequel to SD. After 500 years Sesshomaru has made it in the modern world, but there is still something lacking in his life. He soon discovers that good things come to those who wait. Some romance.

Ryouji, the son of Ryoukotssei, is searching desperately for his mother, and he thinks that the Lady of the West, Sesshoumaru's mother, is that person. It just goes to show that even the nastiest, most powerful demons can have the stupidest sons.

A place to store drabbles written for various contests.

InuYasha and Sesshomaru are stuck together for three days without their swords. Can the prickly brothers kill time together without killing each other instead? An attempt at incharacter comedy. Rated T for language and depictions of adults behaving badly.

Inuyasha swore to protect Kagome before knowing what dangers his world directed toward a girl like her. He's beginning to learn, and it's a painful lesson. After a close call with Sango, Inuyasha and Miroku reflect on the dangers of men and youkai.

Sesshomaru is an arrogant,rich jerk. He’s everything Kagura hates. So why doesn’t she hate him? Alt universe. All pairings are usual ones. Fun twist on a priceless classic. Sesshoumaru is Mark Fitzwilliam Darcy. LAST CHAPTER UP. COMPLETE!

Sesshomaru's POV from the beginning of the third movie through the rest of his life. Mild spoilers, but not a lot. Oneshot, tragedy. Nominated for best Drama at the IYFanguild, 3rd quater, 2005.

Each time they got a little closer. As if with each new life they could learn from the past. As if they could use it to slowly piece together some fragment of happiness… But the ending was always the same. [ Sess x Kagu ] Oneshot.

In an attempt to win Naraku, the man of her dreams, Kagura turns to Sango and Kagome to help her find the perfect date for Homecoming. But what's a girl to do when Plan B just might be A material after all...Completed

Kagome awakes after suffering a terrible accident to the worst news of her life. Can you imagine... InuKag, complete

[ Sesshoumaru x Kagura ] Two souls tangled in a twist of fate.

[ Hojo x Kagome ] The art of wanting but never having. ONE-SHOT.

After Naraku's death, Kagura needed to find her place in the world. Updated, Chapter 12 (Incomplete- may not be finished). KaguraSesshoumaru

What if you had a second chance at life? What if you could carry only a single name from your own grave? A determined Miroku searches for Sango, his only link to the life he once had. COMPLETED!

(SessKaguKoug) Kagura starts wandering the countryside with Sesshoumaru, but Kouga's never far away. Chapter 10: The long awaited finale. (Important Author Note in Chapter 10a.)

The Tale of the Shikon Jewel has ended and Sesshoumaru has settled into the mastership of his lands. Bored, he passes the time with a casual dalliance, but he is about to discover that a single moonlit night can change his life forever...